Three Chord Songs

Besides Twist and Shout - and not their authorship - I am trying to
think of any other Beatles songs limited as such.

poisoned rose...

"Love Me Do" and "One After 909"?

And what about three chord one hit wonders?

Melvin...

Johnny Cash, I Walk The Line -- A, D and E7

Troggs - Wild Thing

BlackMonk...

Four chords, and it wasn't their only hit.

Dino Desi & Billy - I'm a Fool

timagine...

Words of Love
Boys
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby

276qpw...

That's four chords.

276qpw...

Doh! It is only three chords. Sorry. The tune of Honey Don't came
into my mind when I read Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby.

I'm Down

Since I Saw Her Standing there is a 4 chord song...
I've Just Seen a Face is a 4 chord song...
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away is a 4 chord song...

voice from the past

Allrounder...

No way ! Perhaps the basics, but lots of variation there.

abe slaney...

There's quite a few 3 chord covers; the ones already mentioned, plus
others such as Matchbox, Money, Rock and Roll Music, Chains, Dizzy Miss
Lizzie, Roll Over Beethoven, Slow Down, Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey, etc.

Originals that haven't been mentioned yet that I can think of: Why Don't
We Do it in the Road, Rain, For You Blue, Ballad of J&Y, All Together
Now, Dig It (not really a song). I'm sure there must be others.

donz5...

Yellow Submarine, Love You To (2 chords), Within You Without You (1

abe slaney...

Chorus, yes - verse, nope.

donz5...

Verse: V - I - ii7 - V; repeat
Chorus: I -V - I; repeat.

Three chords total.

abe slaney...

I don't think that's correct, Don.

in the town where I was born
G D C G

lived a man who sailed to sea
Em Am Em D

donz5...

I suppose you're right; I wasn't counting the passing notes.

"chord" -- a drone)

CDBaby:

Amazon:

(1-5) Week of April 10-14, 2006: "Tony's Listening Party," Parts 1 to 5

Chris Jepson...

Tomorrow Never Knows?

Chris Jepson

Lookingglass...

According to THE COMPLETE SCORES, that's one (1) chord... 'C'.

//^)

dave (...relax, and float downstream...)

Lookingglass...

Does MY SHARONNA belong here...?

dave (...ah Girl...)
Head (job) Cheerleader